Songjiang climate

Name: Songjiang
Address: CN

Songjiang is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.8 °C. June is the wettest month (279 mm) and December the driest (46 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Songjiang averages 1,371 mm of rain, 136 days above 25 °C and 31 days below freezing.

China · population 1,973,500 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month January 0.8 °C
Driest month December 46 mm
Wettest month June 279 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -8.1 °C

What to expectSongjiang through the year

Songjiang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 136 days a year reach 25 °C, 59 of them reach 30 °C, 31 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 279 mm against 46 mm in December — 6.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.7 °C	68 mm	59 %
February	10.7 °C	66 mm	62 %
March	14.6 °C	102 mm	67 %
April	20.1 °C	113 mm	67 %
May	24.9 °C	141 mm	68 %
June	27.7 °C	279 mm	79 %
July	31.7 °C	164 mm	69 %
August	31.3 °C	170 mm	61 %
September	27.4 °C	103 mm	57 %
October	22.9 °C	60 mm	51 %
November	17.4 °C	59 mm	52 %
December	11.2 °C	46 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.7 °C	0.8 °C	4.7 °C	21.9 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	14
February	10.7 °C	2.5 °C	6.4 °C	25.3 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	8
March	14.6 °C	6.4 °C	10.1 °C	28.3 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
April	20.1 °C	11.6 °C	15.4 °C	32.9 °C	1.2 °C	4	0	0
May	24.9 °C	16.9 °C	20.4 °C	34.8 °C	8.0 °C	15	2	0
June	27.7 °C	21.2 °C	24.1 °C	36.2 °C	14.0 °C	24	7	0
July	31.7 °C	25.5 °C	28.1 °C	39.0 °C	17.5 °C	30	23	0
August	31.3 °C	25.3 °C	27.9 °C	40.2 °C	17.2 °C	31	22	0
September	27.4 °C	21.0 °C	23.8 °C	36.6 °C	11.6 °C	25	5	0
October	22.9 °C	15.3 °C	18.7 °C	31.4 °C	6.4 °C	7	0	0
November	17.4 °C	9.7 °C	13.3 °C	29.7 °C	-4.2 °C	1	0	0
December	11.2 °C	3.0 °C	6.9 °C	21.5 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	68 mm	9	10 h/day	59 %	75 %	16 km/h
February	66 mm	9	11 h/day	62 %	75 %	17 km/h
March	102 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	75 %	18 km/h
April	113 mm	10	13 h/day	67 %	75 %	18 km/h
May	141 mm	10	14 h/day	68 %	77 %	17 km/h
June	279 mm	16	14 h/day	79 %	83 %	16 km/h
July	164 mm	14	14 h/day	69 %	82 %	16 km/h
August	170 mm	16	13 h/day	61 %	82 %	17 km/h
September	103 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	16 km/h
October	60 mm	6	11 h/day	51 %	75 %	16 km/h
November	59 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	75 %	16 km/h
December	46 mm	6	10 h/day	50 %	73 %	16 km/h

How Songjiang compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Songjiang	32 °C	0.8 °C	1,371 mm	136
Qingpu · China	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,341 mm	136
Qibao · China	31 °C	1.1 °C	1,342 mm	129
Nanqiao · China	31 °C	1.8 °C	1,315 mm	123
Fengxiang · China	30 °C	2.3 °C	1,310 mm	114
Shanghai · China	31 °C	1.4 °C	1,317 mm	124
Kunshan · China	32 °C	0.4 °C	1,299 mm	136

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Songjiang.

QuestionsCommon questions about Songjiang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Songjiang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Songjiang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 59 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 31 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Songjiang?

June, averaging 279 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 46 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,371 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Songjiang rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.